MONTHLY SUMMARY 



March, 1944 



Barometer, in inches 

 (Readings reduced to sea level) 



Maximum 30.73, 22nd 



Minimum ._ 29.43, 23rd 



Mean semi-daily 30.099 



Range 1 .30 



Air Temperature, in degrees F. 



Highest 63, 25th 



Lowest 5, 5th 



Mean 32.0 



Range 58 



Highest mean daily 45.5, 25th 



Lowest mean daily 17.0, 19th 



Mean maximum 41.1 



Mean minimum 22.9 



Greatest daily range 39, 6th 



Least daily range 4, 16th 



Precipitation, in inches 



Precipitation 4.36 



Snow 8.25 



Maximum precipitation in 24 hrs. 83, 7th 



Number of days with .01 or more 13 



Wind, in miles 

 Total movement 5538 



Greatest daily movement 484, 1st 



Least daily movement —.43, 16th 



Mean velocity 7.4 



Maximum velocity -_— 40, 28th 



Wind, direction 



Prevailing direction WSW 



North, days 



Northeast, days 



East, days 1 



Southeast, days 10 



South, days 1 



Southwest, days -1 



West, days 6 



Northwest, days 12 



Weather 



Mean relative humidity, percent 60.9 



Mean cloudiness, percent 57 



Number of clear days 19 



Number of fair days 4 



Number of cloudy days — 8 



Number hours bright sunshine 226 



Percent of possible hours of bright 



sunshine 60.9 



Thunder and lightning _ 27th 



Normal 



30.57 



29.24 



30.00 



1.34 



63.8 



6.1 



34.4 



57.6 



43.2 

 25.4 



3.70 

 7.47 



11 



5944 



1.1 

 31.2 



WNW 



64.2 



51.8 



11 



10 



10 



199 



53.6 



Extremes 



31.05, 1943 

 28.47, 1914 



2.10, 1914; 0.85, 1915 



79.5, 1907, 1921 

 -7.5, 1906 



7.89, 1942; 0.12, 1915 

 n, 1899; 0, 1921 



17, 1890, 1913, 1936; 3, 1915 



8182, 1896; 3006, 1905 



48, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1942 



68, 1901 ; 27, 1915 



22, 1924; 3, 1901 



17, 1900; 1, 1943 



21, 1901; 1, 1915 



292, 1924; 93, 1901 



Note — The first column in the above summary gives observations made during 

 the month. The second column gives the averages based on observations made 

 from 1889 to 1938, except that humidity records are based on observations made 

 from 1929 to 19v38. The third column gives extremes observed from 1889 to 1943. 



